2017-04 DCHS News Spring

What’s happening in… DEEP COVE HERITAGE SOCIETY Spring 2017

Calendar • Mount Seymour History Weekend — Friday & Saturday April 8 & 9 • Theatre Night May 10 (see pg 7) • Indian Arm Boat Cruise — August 15 Full calendar listings on our website.

Spring Hours Open Tuesdays & Thursdays 10am to 4pm; Saturdays 1pm to 4pm

Deep Cove Heritage Society is looking for volunteers to help keep our office open for visitors to the area. If you are interested in helping, please call 604-929-5744.

Postcard DCHS #0590, date unknown, courtesy Robert Stirrat. Contents Page 1 Mount Seymour History Page 2 President’s message Historical Mount Seymour Page 3 Farewell to Pat Morrice Page 7 Announcements by Wendy Bullen Stephenson Page 8 Get involved! & Books of area Deep Cove has a special relationship with many subsistence resources, such as Mount Seymour because this land materials from which to make Website News formation arises directly from the shores medicines, clothing, dugouts, tools, and of the Cove, as well as from the west side other implements. We are pleased to report that our website is now updated more regularly. of Indian Arm, and it slopes more gently Knowing the area well as experienced We will be adding documents we have upward from the northeast shores of climbers and mountaineers, First acquired, check under News online Burrard Inlet. Residents of the Cove Nations individuals offered their The archived newsletters are under the Resources tab at the top of the page. sometimes blame the mountain for services as guides in the late 1800s when gathering and then dumping rain on the Email your photos and stories to us to: non-aboriginals arrived and wanted to [email protected] Cove but, at least since the 1950s, have hunt mountain goats, elk, and other Please check for office hours before definitely been grateful to have skiing and game on the mountain. dropping by. We depend on the generosity other snow-based and outdoor activities of our volunteers who can not always offer It was not until August of 1908 that structured hours. so close at hand. members of the BC Mountaineering With the summit being 1,449 m (4,754 ft.) Club recorded the first ascent to the above sea level, this mountain served as a summit of Mount Seymour by a non- Contact us hunting territory for the Squamish and indigenous group. It was on this • 4360 Gallant Avenue, Tsleil-Waututh First Nations for occasion that the three peaks forming North Vancouver, BC V7G 1L2 • Telephone 604-929-5744 thousands of years. Besides offering a the main ridge of the mountain were source of food, the mountain also • Or send us an e-mail to: named. This came about as a result of a [email protected] provided these indigenous people with remark made by Frank Harold Smith, • Website: www.DeepCoveHeritage.com Cont’d page 2... # President’s Message Executive 2017 Remembering Pat Morrice Please allow me to got lots to learn and please feel free to President Alex Douglas introduce myself. tell me your Deep Cove and Seymour Vice President Tom Kirk Treasurer/Secretary Louise Hart races, egg and spoon, sack races you fund-raiser outside the Cultural Centre Alex Douglas, local area stories when we meet. I do a lot of Director Marilyn Myers history meetings and tours on name it. She did the children’s art set Pat in motion to organize a Heritage resident for 42 Director Eileen Smith years, but I don’t Seymour which usually have a bit of competition for many years. Here we Garden, and with Mary Johnson, live in Deep Cove. I DCHS information as part of them. Projects Team are sloshing around in the rain, always another avid gardener, they set about live on top of This coming weekend April 8 and 9, I’ll Co-ordinator Amy Starkey rained in June! their planting and care of this space. So Office Mechtild Morin Mount Seymour. have a display in the cafeteria on many of you have supported this Office Liz Jenkins Bollmann Her spirit of sharing, and giving to Mount Seymour and encourage any important fund-raiser and we thank I’ve been on the Office Willa Bisanz others was so strong that it lead her to locals with historical items or stories sidelines of DCHS for many years and Schools Programs Lynda Noel becoming the most recognized full you. to drop by, there may be a now want to become much more Archival Project Hope Morris time volunteer in the Seymour area. Did you know that Pat was a trained complimentary area pass for you or Archival Project Vickie Boughen active. I look forward to working with For me it was her becoming the nurse, a painter, writer, poet, and of the Board, volunteers and Amy Starkey your grandchild available for you. Displays Wendy Bullen Stephenson wonderful supporter of the Deep Cove course, gardener? our new office coordinator. I know I’ve Alex Douglas by Janet Pavlik, Past President Trying to get it right! Heritage Society which is dear to my Her countless volunteer hours for us We try to verify all our inform- My personal memories of Pat go back heart. From its beginning in the 1970s were rewarded when then Mayor Don ation, but if you think we have Mount Seymour History Weekend over 45 years when John and I, Misha she was there by my side. She never Bell presented her with the Volunteer something wrong, please e-mail or missed a meeting and contributed so April 8 & 9, in the cafeteria, Mount Seymour call the office at 604-929-5744. and Paul moved to Deep Cove. We met of the Year Award. through our husbands at the Mount many ideas, stories, and fundraising www.mtseymourhistory.ca • email [email protected] • 604-355-0051 Thank you. Pat, we will miss you and thank you for Seymour Lions Club. We didn’t know ideas. Fundraising was a favourite with helping preserve our Heritage. anyone here and it was Pat and Ron her (yes she wore us out with so many flea markets), I turned it into a Boot Photo at left, Ron and Pat Morrice at Deep Cove Mount Seymour Cont’d who welcomed us to the area and to Heritage gathering 2004, DCHS #4626. become part of this special community. Sale, a favourite with Brits selling their Below, the Pat Morrice Deep Cove Heritage stuff from the boot of their cars, no Garden in 2008, DCHS #3179 one of the members of the Already Pat was involved with so many more hauling for poor Ron of all that Mountaineering party, when he groups and even though she had a stuff. Unfortunately because of space it noticed that a storm-torn stump near family of four kids of her own she didnt last more than a couple of years. the summit looked like a pump handle. offered to help me with Misha and Paul The group’s nicknames, “First Pump,” too. But as many of you know it was the “Second Pump,” and “Third Pump Organizing children’s events at the dream that we had of having a Heritage Peak” were informally adopted. Lions early community days was Garden for the Deep Cove Heritage Society that really fired Pat up. My idea As for the name of the mountain itself, always Pat’s department, she dragged of having commemorative bricks as a rather than referring, as one might me into assisting with the children’s think, to a view where one can “see more,” Mount Seymour was named after Frederick Seymour (1820-1869) plank road to the foot of the mountain from Scandinavia and other parts of who succeeded James Douglas as Top of Depencier, May 1937, Gang - Val, J. Cherry, Viv, Casey, Dick Shaigh, Tom Hunter, Hal, Maurice Bell. to carry Seymour’s logs to what is now Europe. These mountains produced DCHS #5023 — Courtesy Hazel Best second governor of the Colony of Gallant Avenue in Deep Cove. From some of the most accomplished British Columbia from 1864 to 1869, bridge across the Seymour River hadn’t Long before there was a road through there the logs were dragged down a skid jumpers in Canada. In 1941 Tommy before formation of the province of recently been washed out, and that the to (or up) Mount Seymour there was road into the ocean and then towed to Hunter designed and built Seymour’s British Columbia. original Second Narrows Bridge was logging activity on the mountain. In booming grounds and subsequently to first official ski jump on the site of the back in commission after frequent Mount Seymour was slower to develop the 1880s, the Hastings Mill Company nearby mills. While there is no further current Half Pipe which was popular disastrous boat/log boom/bridge than Grouse or Hollyburn because it logged the west side of the mountain logging on Seymour, the path opened with early snowboarding. collisions during its early years for cedar and fir. They dragged the was the most remote and least by Buck’s Old Logging Road that led In 1929, members of the “Alpine Club beginning from World War I. For felled trees into the Seymour River and accessible of the North Shore close to alpine areas has been of Canada” (formerly the BC several years during the Depression, then floated them to log booms in the Mountains. For instance, early skiers integrated into current hiking trails Mountaineering Club) explored the Second Narrows was closed when ocean where they were gathered. couldn’t take for granted, especially in (the Old Buck Trail). mountain as a potential skiing area, money was not available for repairs. wet weather, that the often-submerged By 1917 the Deep Cove Lumber During the 1920s, ski jumps were built and the following year (1930) applied Finally it reopened, and became more portions of Keith Road (Mt. Seymour Company was logging the east side of on Grouse, and Hollyburn, as they were for a 21-year lease covering 677 acres of reliable, by 1934 thus making it easier Parkway) would be drivable, that a Mount Seymour. Owner Fred Buck Ski jump (believed to be on Hollyburn) shown in popular especially among immigrants the primary skiing terrain. They to get to Mount Seymour. constructed a five-kilometre-long background, photo of Ian Beaton, dog swimming, 1940c. DCHS #0775, courtesy Mrs. Debbie Smith. 2 3 President’s Message Executive 2017 Remembering Pat Morrice Please allow me to got lots to learn and please feel free to President Alex Douglas introduce myself. tell me your Deep Cove and Seymour Vice President Tom Kirk Treasurer/Secretary Louise Hart races, egg and spoon, sack races you fund-raiser outside the Cultural Centre Alex Douglas, local area stories when we meet. I do a lot of Director Marilyn Myers history meetings and tours on name it. She did the children’s art set Pat in motion to organize a Heritage resident for 42 Director Eileen Smith years, but I don’t Seymour which usually have a bit of competition for many years. Here we Garden, and with Mary Johnson, live in Deep Cove. I DCHS information as part of them. Projects Team are sloshing around in the rain, always another avid gardener, they set about live on top of This coming weekend April 8 and 9, I’ll Co-ordinator Amy Starkey rained in June! their planting and care of this space. So Office Mechtild Morin Mount Seymour. have a display in the cafeteria on many of you have supported this Office Liz Jenkins Bollmann Her spirit of sharing, and giving to Mount Seymour and encourage any important fund-raiser and we thank I’ve been on the Office Willa Bisanz others was so strong that it lead her to locals with historical items or stories sidelines of DCHS for many years and Schools Programs Lynda Noel becoming the most recognized full you. to drop by, there may be a now want to become much more Archival Project Hope Morris time volunteer in the Seymour area. Did you know that Pat was a trained complimentary area pass for you or Archival Project Vickie Boughen active. I look forward to working with For me it was her becoming the nurse, a painter, writer, poet, and of the Board, volunteers and Amy Starkey your grandchild available for you. Displays Wendy Bullen Stephenson wonderful supporter of the Deep Cove course, gardener? our new office coordinator. I know I’ve Alex Douglas by Janet Pavlik, Past President Trying to get it right! Heritage Society which is dear to my Her countless volunteer hours for us We try to verify all our inform- My personal memories of Pat go back heart. From its beginning in the 1970s were rewarded when then Mayor Don ation, but if you think we have Mount Seymour History Weekend over 45 years when John and I, Misha she was there by my side. She never Bell presented her with the Volunteer something wrong, please e-mail or missed a meeting and contributed so April 8 & 9, in the cafeteria, Mount Seymour call the office at 604-929-5744. and Paul moved to Deep Cove. We met of the Year Award. through our husbands at the Mount many ideas, stories, and fundraising www.mtseymourhistory.ca • email [email protected] • 604-355-0051 Thank you. Pat, we will miss you and thank you for Seymour Lions Club. We didn’t know ideas. Fundraising was a favourite with helping preserve our Heritage. anyone here and it was Pat and Ron her (yes she wore us out with so many flea markets), I turned it into a Boot Photo at left, Ron and Pat Morrice at Deep Cove Mount Seymour Cont’d who welcomed us to the area and to Heritage gathering 2004, DCHS #4626. become part of this special community. Sale, a favourite with Brits selling their Below, the Pat Morrice Deep Cove Heritage stuff from the boot of their cars, no Garden in 2008, DCHS #3179 one of the members of the Already Pat was involved with so many more hauling for poor Ron of all that Mountaineering party, when he groups and even though she had a stuff. Unfortunately because of space it noticed that a storm-torn stump near family of four kids of her own she didnt last more than a couple of years. the summit looked like a pump handle. offered to help me with Misha and Paul The group’s nicknames, “First Pump,” too. But as many of you know it was the “Second Pump,” and “Third Pump Organizing children’s events at the dream that we had of having a Heritage Peak” were informally adopted. Lions early community days was Garden for the Deep Cove Heritage Society that really fired Pat up. My idea As for the name of the mountain itself, always Pat’s department, she dragged of having commemorative bricks as a rather than referring, as one might me into assisting with the children’s think, to a view where one can “see more,” Mount Seymour was named after Frederick Seymour (1820-1869) plank road to the foot of the mountain from Scandinavia and other parts of who succeeded James Douglas as Top of Depencier, May 1937, Gang - Val, J. Cherry, Viv, Casey, Dick Shaigh, Tom Hunter, Hal, Maurice Bell. to carry Seymour’s logs to what is now Europe. These mountains produced DCHS #5023 — Courtesy Hazel Best second governor of the Colony of Gallant Avenue in Deep Cove. From some of the most accomplished British Columbia from 1864 to 1869, bridge across the Seymour River hadn’t Long before there was a road through there the logs were dragged down a skid jumpers in Canada. In 1941 Tommy before formation of the province of recently been washed out, and that the to (or up) Mount Seymour there was road into the ocean and then towed to Hunter designed and built Seymour’s British Columbia. original Second Narrows Bridge was logging activity on the mountain. In booming grounds and subsequently to first official ski jump on the site of the back in commission after frequent Mount Seymour was slower to develop the 1880s, the Hastings Mill Company nearby mills. While there is no further current Half Pipe which was popular disastrous boat/log boom/bridge than Grouse or Hollyburn because it logged the west side of the mountain logging on Seymour, the path opened with early snowboarding. collisions during its early years for cedar and fir. They dragged the was the most remote and least by Buck’s Old Logging Road that led In 1929, members of the “Alpine Club beginning from World War I. For felled trees into the Seymour River and accessible of the North Shore close to alpine areas has been of Canada” (formerly the BC several years during the Depression, then floated them to log booms in the Mountains. For instance, early skiers integrated into current hiking trails Mountaineering Club) explored the Second Narrows was closed when ocean where they were gathered. couldn’t take for granted, especially in (the Old Buck Trail). mountain as a potential skiing area, money was not available for repairs. wet weather, that the often-submerged By 1917 the Deep Cove Lumber During the 1920s, ski jumps were built and the following year (1930) applied Finally it reopened, and became more portions of Keith Road (Mt. Seymour Company was logging the east side of on Grouse, and Hollyburn, as they were for a 21-year lease covering 677 acres of reliable, by 1934 thus making it easier Parkway) would be drivable, that a Mount Seymour. Owner Fred Buck Ski jump (believed to be on Hollyburn) shown in popular especially among immigrants the primary skiing terrain. They to get to Mount Seymour. constructed a five-kilometre-long background, photo of Ian Beaton, dog swimming, 1940c. DCHS #0775, courtesy Mrs. Debbie Smith. 2 3 operated the area for several years, but Reunions organized by Alex Douglas, Lot 2. saving the lives of lost or injured skiers the lack of revenue during the curator of the Mount Seymour History [See Map on page 7] and hikers. In the 1960’s the First Aid Depression years forced the club to Project. His passion for Mount Ski Patrol was established to undertake At that time there were about 300 drop the lease. Seymour’s history (he’s been on the the more routine first aid rescues on a cabins on the mountainside, including mountain for 42 years) has motivated daily basis. Eileen Alway Smith, a Nevertheless, individual ski clubs a large one for members of UBC’s him to organize archival information patroller then, remembers that to flourished on the North Shore Varsity Outdoor Club (VOC). This club and maintain an informal museum become a member of the Ski Patrol, Mountains and skiers began visiting cabin remained home for the VOC on collection of historical artifacts they had to pass a Saint John’s Mount Seymour in increased numbers Seymour until the mid-1960s when previously used on the Mountain. Ambulance course and be able to during the late 1930s. This was members chose to change their During off-season months, he conducts manoeuver a first aid toboggan on facilitated when Dollarton Highway location to Whistler Mountain. their own down from the top of was opened in 1931, providing an “Uncle Al’s Cabin Tours.” These are In 1951 Harold Enquist’s park-use Mystery Peak chairlift. alternate route east of the Seymour guided tours that lead hikers, tourists, permit expired, so the Forest Service River when needed. and former cabin owners back to the During the mid-1970s, when the advertised for various local sites of former cabins. In his daily work expense of maintaining ski jumps In 1936 the Province established concessionaires to operate the ski on the mountain, he is in charge of the became apparent, ski clubs “Mount Seymour Provincial Park,” a 35- school and cafeteria and run the lifts, retail and ski rental shop and in discontinued the jumps and chose square-kilometre area that extended etc. summer he busses school children up instead to focus on downhill ski racing. east of the GVRD’s Seymour River’s and down the mountain to attend The big break-though for Mount The Mt Seymour Ski Club hosted many water shed to Indian Arm on the east. various camps as needed. He and his Seymour as the North Shore’s premier local and regional downhill In 1938 the BC Forestry Service wife maintain Ole’s Cabin (built in 1941 family mountain came in the 1960’s competitions over the years. In the surveyed the area to construct a road to Top left Mushroom Parking Lot, courtesy North Vancouver Museum and Archives; lower left three skiers from Enquist time, courtesy Alex Douglas. At right, photo of Enquist cabin, courtesy Alex to 1946) as their home. Overlooking the when the top parking lot and chairs 1970s trails for cross-country skiing and go halfway up the mountain (6 km/3.75 Douglas, Mount Seymour History Project bottom of Mystery chair and what in lifts were established. They enabled snowshoeing and slopes for mi) to join to the trail leading to the ski the 1950’s was called The Meadows, this families with young children to drive tobogganing were added as choices in areas, but WWII put an end to that mountain, and they cleared away they could park a vehicle, these young large, three-story “log cabin” previously directly to their chosen ski slopes and addition to downhill skiing. idea. men had to carry all their building underbrush to lessen the treat of raging served as the Park’s Board avoid strenuous climbing. equipment, food, clothing, etc., on Seymour’s popular ski schools, which That same year, facilities and ski runs forest fires that logged slopes of Superintendent’s headquarters or Forest their backs. Their packs generally In 1956 the BC Mountaineering Club have taught thousands of young, opened for skiing under the ownership Seymour had experienced before the Service Administration Building. (the club that first explored the Vancouver-area children to ski, have of Swedish emigrant Harold Enqvist. 1950s. weighed from 100 to 150 pounds. Needless to say, construction of such In 1949 the provincial government mountain in 1908) established the been a major undertaking for the He built the first ski lodge—providing Many skiers, especially groups of structures was extremely strenuous, purchased Harold Enquist’s operation Mountain Rescue Group so that mountain since 1950’s and continue to accommodation, a cafeteria and ski friends and individuals from the ski dangerous even, and time consuming and hired him to run it. One of the organized, well-trained volunteers be so today. Sun Free Ski Classes, rental—and the first rope tow on the clubs, became early settlers on the since they could only work during the early lifts, the Sun Bowl rope tow, was could assist the RCMP in rescue work sponsored by the Vancouver Sun mountain. The name Enqvist was later mountain by building cabins and summer and mainly on weekends. installed. By 1950 the access road was on the mountain. Since then this has Newspaper, ran free lessons for several spelled Enquist, giving name to "The creating a stimulating cabin culture. Hiking in and out of the bug-ridden extended to what currently is Parking been a vital service in locating and/or Enquist Lodge" and "Enquist Tube Park" Not only were these people rough trails, often at night lit only by among other facilities that today still cooperating in the cabin-building carrying a candle in a tin can, required recognize Harold Enquist’s process, they socialized and served as a quite a commitment. contribution to the development of support group for each other. the mountain. Since the beginning of the 1960s, no For instance in 1948 Ross Regan and further permits have been awarded for The “access road” that took skiers to about six friends built a log cabin in cabin-building. In fact, owners of the Mushroom Parking Lot area of the Goldie Lake area after paying deteriorating or unused cabins were Mount Seymour was completed in $20.00 to the Lands and Forests encouraged to sell their leased land 1942, increasing Seymour’s popularity, Department for a permit to build the back to the Parks Board. Those cabins especially for those who were willing cabin (#135). They called it called God’s were then removed, usually burned to integrate hiking as part of their Little Acre. Subsequent to finishing his down. Today only about a dozen cabins skiing experience. cabin, Regan helped others of the God’s Little Acre construction: above Ross Regan remain on the Mountain. and Greg Prothman; centre view from front with During the Second World War, a group group to build cabins of their own, one Bill Johnstone; at right Roy Turner at top window, of 50 Mennonites were stationed at the of which was called the Devil’s Little Many of the disappointed former cabin Ross Regan at door, photo by Geo Vipond. This series of photos is DCHS #4793. A slide show of base of Mount Seymour as a camp of Acre. With no road up the mountain owners who had gained so much from this cabin construction is available on YouTube. conscientious objectors. They built and only very rough trails from where being part of the cabin culture still There is a direct link to it on the Deep Cove Heritage website. roads and trails on the lower half of the return to annual Pioneers Skiers 4 5 operated the area for several years, but Reunions organized by Alex Douglas, Lot 2. saving the lives of lost or injured skiers the lack of revenue during the curator of the Mount Seymour History [See Map on page 7] and hikers. In the 1960’s the First Aid Depression years forced the club to Project. His passion for Mount Ski Patrol was established to undertake At that time there were about 300 drop the lease. Seymour’s history (he’s been on the the more routine first aid rescues on a cabins on the mountainside, including mountain for 42 years) has motivated daily basis. Eileen Alway Smith, a Nevertheless, individual ski clubs a large one for members of UBC’s him to organize archival information patroller then, remembers that to flourished on the North Shore Varsity Outdoor Club (VOC). This club and maintain an informal museum become a member of the Ski Patrol, Mountains and skiers began visiting cabin remained home for the VOC on collection of historical artifacts they had to pass a Saint John’s Mount Seymour in increased numbers Seymour until the mid-1960s when previously used on the Mountain. Ambulance course and be able to during the late 1930s. This was members chose to change their During off-season months, he conducts manoeuver a first aid toboggan on facilitated when Dollarton Highway location to Whistler Mountain. their own down from the top of was opened in 1931, providing an “Uncle Al’s Cabin Tours.” These are In 1951 Harold Enquist’s park-use Mystery Peak chairlift. alternate route east of the Seymour guided tours that lead hikers, tourists, permit expired, so the Forest Service River when needed. and former cabin owners back to the During the mid-1970s, when the advertised for various local sites of former cabins. In his daily work expense of maintaining ski jumps In 1936 the Province established concessionaires to operate the ski on the mountain, he is in charge of the became apparent, ski clubs “Mount Seymour Provincial Park,” a 35- school and cafeteria and run the lifts, retail and ski rental shop and in discontinued the jumps and chose square-kilometre area that extended etc. summer he busses school children up instead to focus on downhill ski racing. east of the GVRD’s Seymour River’s and down the mountain to attend The big break-though for Mount The Mt Seymour Ski Club hosted many water shed to Indian Arm on the east. various camps as needed. He and his Seymour as the North Shore’s premier local and regional downhill In 1938 the BC Forestry Service wife maintain Ole’s Cabin (built in 1941 family mountain came in the 1960’s competitions over the years. In the surveyed the area to construct a road to Top left Mushroom Parking Lot, courtesy North Vancouver Museum and Archives; lower left three skiers from Enquist time, courtesy Alex Douglas. At right, photo of Enquist cabin, courtesy Alex to 1946) as their home. Overlooking the when the top parking lot and chairs 1970s trails for cross-country skiing and go halfway up the mountain (6 km/3.75 Douglas, Mount Seymour History Project bottom of Mystery chair and what in lifts were established. They enabled snowshoeing and slopes for mi) to join to the trail leading to the ski the 1950’s was called The Meadows, this families with young children to drive tobogganing were added as choices in areas, but WWII put an end to that mountain, and they cleared away they could park a vehicle, these young large, three-story “log cabin” previously directly to their chosen ski slopes and addition to downhill skiing. idea. men had to carry all their building underbrush to lessen the treat of raging served as the Park’s Board avoid strenuous climbing. equipment, food, clothing, etc., on Seymour’s popular ski schools, which That same year, facilities and ski runs forest fires that logged slopes of Superintendent’s headquarters or Forest their backs. Their packs generally In 1956 the BC Mountaineering Club have taught thousands of young, opened for skiing under the ownership Seymour had experienced before the Service Administration Building. (the club that first explored the Vancouver-area children to ski, have of Swedish emigrant Harold Enqvist. 1950s. weighed from 100 to 150 pounds. Needless to say, construction of such In 1949 the provincial government mountain in 1908) established the been a major undertaking for the He built the first ski lodge—providing Many skiers, especially groups of structures was extremely strenuous, purchased Harold Enquist’s operation Mountain Rescue Group so that mountain since 1950’s and continue to accommodation, a cafeteria and ski friends and individuals from the ski dangerous even, and time consuming and hired him to run it. One of the organized, well-trained volunteers be so today. Sun Free Ski Classes, rental—and the first rope tow on the clubs, became early settlers on the since they could only work during the early lifts, the Sun Bowl rope tow, was could assist the RCMP in rescue work sponsored by the Vancouver Sun mountain. The name Enqvist was later mountain by building cabins and summer and mainly on weekends. installed. By 1950 the access road was on the mountain. Since then this has Newspaper, ran free lessons for several spelled Enquist, giving name to "The creating a stimulating cabin culture. Hiking in and out of the bug-ridden extended to what currently is Parking been a vital service in locating and/or Enquist Lodge" and "Enquist Tube Park" Not only were these people rough trails, often at night lit only by among other facilities that today still cooperating in the cabin-building carrying a candle in a tin can, required recognize Harold Enquist’s process, they socialized and served as a quite a commitment. contribution to the development of support group for each other. the mountain. Since the beginning of the 1960s, no For instance in 1948 Ross Regan and further permits have been awarded for The “access road” that took skiers to about six friends built a log cabin in cabin-building. In fact, owners of the Mushroom Parking Lot area of the Goldie Lake area after paying deteriorating or unused cabins were Mount Seymour was completed in $20.00 to the Lands and Forests encouraged to sell their leased land 1942, increasing Seymour’s popularity, Department for a permit to build the back to the Parks Board. Those cabins especially for those who were willing cabin (#135). They called it called God’s were then removed, usually burned to integrate hiking as part of their Little Acre. Subsequent to finishing his down. Today only about a dozen cabins skiing experience. cabin, Regan helped others of the God’s Little Acre construction: above Ross Regan remain on the Mountain. and Greg Prothman; centre view from front with During the Second World War, a group group to build cabins of their own, one Bill Johnstone; at right Roy Turner at top window, of 50 Mennonites were stationed at the of which was called the Devil’s Little Many of the disappointed former cabin Ross Regan at door, photo by Geo Vipond. This series of photos is DCHS #4793. A slide show of base of Mount Seymour as a camp of Acre. With no road up the mountain owners who had gained so much from this cabin construction is available on YouTube. conscientious objectors. They built and only very rough trails from where being part of the cabin culture still There is a direct link to it on the Deep Cove Heritage website. roads and trails on the lower half of the return to annual Pioneers Skiers 4 5 seasons during the 1960’s Today Mount Seymour incorporates limitless number of trails to explore Meet our new In other news... Deep Cove Heritage By the 1970s, the park had been four night-lit terrain parks catering to and sites to discover. Mountain biking Co-Ordinator • Longtime Deep Cove/Riverside/ Parkgate/ Annual Theatre expanded by the provincial the varied abilities of park users. More on the lower slopes, hiking and trail and back to Deep Cove resident, Liz Jenkins Night Fund-raiser recently Seymour developed snow- running, or swimming in Mystery Amy Starkey government to its present size of is volunteering in the office some tubing facilities that include a tube tow Lake, once the ice melts off it, are all Bollman approximately 9,000 acres and new lifts Saturday afternoons. She will be sharing the to make it easier for users to get back possibilities. Just be ready for the bugs! and runs were developed with several duties with Willa ..... who is a student at concessionaires running the various up the slopes. With a similar benefit for Clearly, Mount Seymour is not solely a A warm welcome to Amy Starkey who joined Seycove Secondary. beginning skiers, a magic carpet was • will be on facilities. But in 1984 the BC provincial mountain that Deep Cove outdoors our team on March 28, and will be keeping The Indian Arm Boat Cruise built replacing Goldie rope tow. government, as part of a cost-cutting enthusiasts are grateful to have nearby. doors open Tuesdays and Thursdays from Tuesday, August 15. Our members get first measure, sold Mount Seymour facilities The most important upgrade since Many visitors arrive from afar, and 10am to 4pm. She is no stranger to the Deep chance to get tickets so make sure you have your membership up to date; it is only and a 99-year usage to the land, thus 2010, has been the replacement (in today Seymour’s slopes are just minutes Cove Cultural Centre, a member of Deep Cove Stage Society, she is currently $15/year. privatizing the Mountain’s operation. 2012) of the original Mystery Peak from the city. The long-distance hiking • Purchase a ticket to our fund-raiser (at right) Wednesday, May 10, 2017 performing in its production of Marion Bridge. this event really helps Deep Cove Heritage. From that date, the Wood family has Chairlift with a high-speed quad of the hardy pioneers to reach the Come by and meet her soon! Tickets $20 operated the ski area of Seymour and chairlift. slopes is no longer required. Call 604-929-5744 has run it under the name of Mount This more than doubles the chairlift’s Further Reading Seymour Resorts Limited. They capacity to get skiers to the top quickly. installed the Lodge Chair (Expo Chair) • Francis, Daniel. Where Mountains Meet The purpose-built slopes for tubing, Mount Seymour Map in 1986 and the Brockton Chairlift in the Sea: An Illustrated History of North boarding, and skiing and trails for the early 1990s. In 1993 Mount Vancouver. Harbour Publishing, 2016. snow-shoeing, as well as a covered Seymour Resorts Limited also began its “wonder” carpet for tots, have enlarged • Mount Seymour’s History Project first exploration into freestyle terrain the range of winter activities and website at….. skiing by building the region’s first appeal to a broad range of age and terrain park including, in 2004, the https://www.mtseymourhistory.com interest groups. development of what was to be the • Deep Cove Heritage Society website West Coast’s first in-ground half-pipe Also it includes an increasing number http://deepcovehereitage.com for snowboarders. By 2010 both Skiers of year-round, outdoor activities that and snowboarders were enjoying the focus on hiking, picnicking, and • Mount Seymour Statistics terrain parks, which were recognized as children’s nature exploration camps. http://www.mountseymour.com/mou being number two in Western Canada Like any provincial or local park on the ntain-statistics North Shore, park users have access to a by Snowboard Canada’s Resort Guide. • Mount Seymour Terrain Parks http://www.mountseymour.com/terrai n-parks • Pavlik, Janet, Desmond Smith, and Eileen Smith. Echoes Across Seymour: A History of North Vancouver’s Eastern Communities Including Dollarton and Deep Cove. Harbour Publishing, 2012. • Ross Regan’s video on building his Mount Seymour cabin at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h uunSjLWpec&t=9s • Sparks, Dawn and Martha Border, edited by Damian Inwood. Echoes across the Inlet, Deep Cove and Area Heritage Association, 1989. • Wikipedia.org on “Mount Seymour, North Vancouver” Mount Seymour Lodge c1961 postcard — DCHS 0996, courtesy Vickie Boughen

6 7 seasons during the 1960’s Today Mount Seymour incorporates limitless number of trails to explore Meet our new In other news... Deep Cove Heritage By the 1970s, the park had been four night-lit terrain parks catering to and sites to discover. Mountain biking Co-Ordinator • Longtime Deep Cove/Riverside/ Parkgate/ Annual Theatre expanded by the provincial the varied abilities of park users. More on the lower slopes, hiking and trail and back to Deep Cove resident, Liz Jenkins Night Fund-raiser recently Seymour developed snow- running, or swimming in Mystery Amy Starkey government to its present size of is volunteering in the office some tubing facilities that include a tube tow Lake, once the ice melts off it, are all Bollman approximately 9,000 acres and new lifts Saturday afternoons. She will be sharing the to make it easier for users to get back possibilities. Just be ready for the bugs! and runs were developed with several duties with Willa ..... who is a student at concessionaires running the various up the slopes. With a similar benefit for Clearly, Mount Seymour is not solely a A warm welcome to Amy Starkey who joined Seycove Secondary. beginning skiers, a magic carpet was • will be on facilities. But in 1984 the BC provincial mountain that Deep Cove outdoors our team on March 28, and will be keeping The Indian Arm Boat Cruise built replacing Goldie rope tow. government, as part of a cost-cutting enthusiasts are grateful to have nearby. doors open Tuesdays and Thursdays from Tuesday, August 15. Our members get first measure, sold Mount Seymour facilities The most important upgrade since Many visitors arrive from afar, and 10am to 4pm. She is no stranger to the Deep chance to get tickets so make sure you have your membership up to date; it is only and a 99-year usage to the land, thus 2010, has been the replacement (in today Seymour’s slopes are just minutes Cove Cultural Centre, a member of Deep Cove Stage Society, she is currently $15/year. privatizing the Mountain’s operation. 2012) of the original Mystery Peak from the city. The long-distance hiking • Purchase a ticket to our fund-raiser (at right) Wednesday, May 10, 2017 performing in its production of Marion Bridge. this event really helps Deep Cove Heritage. From that date, the Wood family has Chairlift with a high-speed quad of the hardy pioneers to reach the Come by and meet her soon! Tickets $20 operated the ski area of Seymour and chairlift. slopes is no longer required. Call 604-929-5744 has run it under the name of Mount This more than doubles the chairlift’s Further Reading Seymour Resorts Limited. They capacity to get skiers to the top quickly. installed the Lodge Chair (Expo Chair) • Francis, Daniel. Where Mountains Meet The purpose-built slopes for tubing, Mount Seymour Map in 1986 and the Brockton Chairlift in the Sea: An Illustrated History of North boarding, and skiing and trails for the early 1990s. In 1993 Mount Vancouver. Harbour Publishing, 2016. snow-shoeing, as well as a covered Seymour Resorts Limited also began its “wonder” carpet for tots, have enlarged • Mount Seymour’s History Project first exploration into freestyle terrain the range of winter activities and website at….. skiing by building the region’s first appeal to a broad range of age and terrain park including, in 2004, the https://www.mtseymourhistory.com interest groups. development of what was to be the • Deep Cove Heritage Society website West Coast’s first in-ground half-pipe Also it includes an increasing number http://deepcovehereitage.com for snowboarders. By 2010 both Skiers of year-round, outdoor activities that and snowboarders were enjoying the focus on hiking, picnicking, and • Mount Seymour Statistics terrain parks, which were recognized as children’s nature exploration camps. http://www.mountseymour.com/mou being number two in Western Canada Like any provincial or local park on the ntain-statistics North Shore, park users have access to a by Snowboard Canada’s Resort Guide. • Mount Seymour Terrain Parks http://www.mountseymour.com/terrai n-parks • Pavlik, Janet, Desmond Smith, and Eileen Smith. Echoes Across Seymour: A History of North Vancouver’s Eastern Communities Including Dollarton and Deep Cove. Harbour Publishing, 2012. • Ross Regan’s video on building his Mount Seymour cabin at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h uunSjLWpec&t=9s • Sparks, Dawn and Martha Border, edited by Damian Inwood. Echoes across the Inlet, Deep Cove and Area Heritage Association, 1989. • Wikipedia.org on “Mount Seymour, North Vancouver” Mount Seymour Lodge c1961 postcard — DCHS 0996, courtesy Vickie Boughen

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Local books

Echoes Across the Inlet and Echoes Across Seymour, and Ralph Drew’s books Forest & Fjord: The History of Belcarra and Ferries & Fjord the History of Indian Arm, all are loaded with pictures. make wonderful gifts for visitors or your own reading. These books are available from our office.

Be involved in your community FROM OUR ARCHIVES We are looking for more volunteers to mingle with visitors to our office or help with our events. If you can help out with any of the following, even occasionally, please get in touch with us. • Welcome visitors to our office (three- • Accompany other volunteers visiting hour shift, morning or afternoon) Grade Two classes for history talks • Accompany other volunteers when they twice a year for one or two hours. attend community events by handing out • Help out at fund-raisers to either sell brochures or selling our books. This tickets or help set up event and silent would include events like Blueridge Good auction (twice per year). Neighbour Day, Deep Cove Daze or • Grades 10, 11 and 12 students are Parkgate Community Days, etc. Any one welcome to volunteer. of them or all of them would be very If you can help, call our office helpful. administrator, at 604-929-5744 • Help set up and take down chairs for Thursdays and Saturdays from 10am our Guest Speaker Events when needed, to 3pm or email her at: DCHS 3754 - Ski jumping on Mount usually 9am to noon four times per year. [email protected] Seymour, 1949. Courtesy Don McGee.

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We gratefully acknowledge the financial support of: The Province of British Columbia, The District of North Vancouver, The City of North Vancouver, North Vancouver Recreation & Culture, Canada Summer Jobs Program, New Horizons for Seniors Program, First Impressions Theatre, Deep Cove Crier, Cedar Springs PARC Retirement Residence, North Shore Community Foundation. We appreciate the ongoing support of our Deep Cove Cultural Centre partner groups: Deep Cove Stage, First Impressions Theatre and Seymour Art Gallery.